cant clebrate christmas

Ok so i cant focus on holidays at my center so no holiday party or anything...but i want to do a party for my parenst and pre-ks...i was looking for good ideas cookie exchange sounded fun..do you guys have any ideas? :thumb: :thanks: in advance

Can you do a gingerbread theme, or snowmen...a wintery theme but not holidays? Teach the kids a few finger plays, a song, hang some artwork and invite families in for a 'winter fest'. Have sugar cookies for the kids to decorate and serve cocoa.

Can you do a gingerbread theme, or snowmen...a wintery theme but not holidays? Teach the kids a few finger plays, a song, hang some artwork and invite families in for a 'winter fest'. Have sugar cookies for the kids to decorate and serve cocoa.

We've done that! We decorated the cafeteria doors to look like Igloos and the kids had to wear their winter coats (just long enough for a read-aloud). We practiced pretending to shiver during the story, etc. Then we broke up into 3 rotating centers. We had parent volunteers! I can't actually remember the activities, but it was fun. We wrapped up with a group game.

Lakeshorelearning.com has some great winter projects and lesson plans. Another great website is enchantedlearning.com. The winter fest is a great idea. Lots of fun! You can make snowmen out of marshmellows and other candies. Cookie decorating (winter themes). Make snowflake cutouts.

Head Starts usually do not celebrate holidays. We just proceed with regular lesson plans. Seasonal themes do seep in: Saying thank you and families at Thanksgiving etc. You don't have to worry about Christmas gifts or parties. And, most classroom performances are eliminated.

I've done a gingerbread celebration in the past. Leading up to it, we make gingerbread man glyps, work together to create a large gingerbread house from construction paper or a cardboard box if we can get one. We read the many, many different variations of gingergread books... Gingerbread Cowboy, Gingerbread Pirates, Gingerbread Baby, etc. and compare and contrast. We put gingerbread man props in the dramatic play area. It's one of my favorites! When I moved to a school that does a very traditional Christmas, I moved the gingerbread man thing to January! Good luck!